Honest Photos That Show What Veterans Look Like After A Decade Of War In The Middle East
Wars never really end, because even though they may finish on the battlefield, many veterans bring the war back home and are forced to live with them for the rest of their lives.
“Bobby was hit by incoming artillery, sustaining burns over 60% of his body. He is pictured here with his daughter Layla.”
This sad and sobering truth is highlighted by photographers like David Jay and James Nachtwey, who have been documenting young and badly wounded American soldiers following their return home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue reading »
Photoshop Master Showed Why We Should Not Believe Photos In Social Networks
A social media user in Weibo, China’s very own take on Twitter, is attracting massive attention for having superb image-editing skills that easily qualify as digital sorcery. The netizen, who goes by the username Kanahoooo, has been given the moniker “Photoshop Holy,” and there’s no debate over it. Continue reading »
Stunning Colorized Photos Of Legendary Soviet Female Snipers From WWII, Including One Dubbed ‘Lady Death’ Who Killed 309 Nazis
Stunning colorized images have given new life to WWII female snipers who protected their territory against German attacks, including the most successful female sniper in history, Lyudmila Pavlichenko also known as ‘Lady Death’.
Roza Shanina was one of the 800,000 women who fought in Russia.
The photographs were colorized by Moscow artist Olga Shirnina. Continue reading »
“A Better America” – Nostalgic Color Photos Document Beautiful Life Of Florida In The 1950s
These wonderful photos documented everyday life of Florida in the 1950s. Cities include Tarpon Springs, St. Petersburg, Winter Haven, Daytona Beach. Continue reading »
Oddly Satisfying Photos Of Food Color Coordinated With Clothing
The photos in this post are the result of a joint venture by set and prop stylist Michelle Maguire and photographer Kelsey McClellan who came up with the idea to coordinate various kinds of foodstuff and people wearing monochromatic outfits with a distinctly 70s vibe. Continue reading »
15 Hilarious Photos That Were Made Instantly Better By Photoshop Masters
Photoshop can be used to a multitude of ends, be it touching up a photograph to make it more flattering, or super-imposing an entirely different background into a seemingly innocuous picture to hilarious effect. One thing is for sure: Photoshop is an indispensable tool for budding photographers of the 21st century.
Adding that sense of danger
Of late, an online movement has seen internet users issue requests to some of the more proficient photoshoppers out there, asking them to improve or alter an original snap in some way or another. Continue reading »
Awesome Behind The Scenes Photos From The Making Of “Halloween”
Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film set in the fictional suburban midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois, on Halloween. The original draft of the screenplay was titled The Babysitter Murders and The Night He Came Home. Continue reading »
Tatted Up In Victorian Times: Fascinating Photos Show The Work Of One Of Britian’s First Tattoo Artists Sutherland Macdonald
Victorian pictures always show stern-looking faces with people covering their bodies from head to toe in long clothes. But vintage images have revealed how some people living in 19th century Britain had a love of huge tattoos covering their entire chests and arms. And all of the pictures from the Victorian era show the inkings carried out by one of the first ever tattoo artists – Sutherland Macdonald. Continue reading »
‘This Is Mars’: A US Satellite Took These Stunning Black-And-White Photos Of Planet Mars
Space lovers rejoice with ‘This Is Mars’ photo book.
Each photo upon the pages of ‘This Is Mars’ originated from a map created by the U.S. observation satellite, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, or MRO. The map was broken down into thousands of gigabytes and edited by the French designer and publisher, Xavier Barral. The book is a study in both Mars’ visual wonder as well as the planet’s scientific history. Continue reading »
Beautiful Photos Of The Thousands Of Tulips Got Under Snow On The Biggest Tulip Farm In Moldova
Ciolac Elena
Thousands of tulips got under snow on the biggest tulip farm in Moldova. In the middle of April tens thousands tulips started blooming and next day an anomalous April snow fell out. So tulips turned into snowdrops. Weird landscapes appeared of bright flowers and snow. People say that there is no reason to worry – these tulips can stand low temperatures – but only if they don’t last long. Continue reading »
Stunning Photos Of The Millions Of Fireflies Flutter In Mexican Forest
Sergio Robledo/Solent News & Photo Agency
Millions of tiny fireflies transform this dark woodland into something resembling an enchanted forest more commonly seen in a fairytale. Yellow dots fill the air and dart through the trees in these stunning photos taken by photographer Sergio Robledo. Continue reading »
Pilot Takes Amazing Photos From His Cockpit, And They Will Take Your Breath Away
Being a pilot, you get to see a bunch of beautiful sights from above. Being a pilot for a South American airline, you also get to witness the stunning phenomena of storms as your job requires flying over regions that experience them. Continue reading »
Let The Children Play: Remarkable Photos Of Lovely Kids By Svetlana Kvashina
Happiness is easy! Photos of lovely kids by Russian family photographer from Vladivostok Svetlana Kvashina. Continue reading »
NASA Just Released Some Absolutely Spectacular New Photos Of Jupiter
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gabriel Fiset
The stunning, enhanced-color image above, featured in a news release by NASA, is based on a photo of Jupiter’s south pole captured by the Juno spacecraft on December 11th, 2016. Juno’s citizen science camera has been snapping glorious images of the gas giant ever since it arrived in orbit around Jupiter last July. The images are then released to the public, which has been turning them into even more magnificent works of space art. Continue reading »
The Lost Photos Of Barcelona Give Up Their Secrets
After a 16-year search, the pioneering photographer behind a mysterious collection of images that have been hailed as ‘Spain’s response to the work of New York’s Vivian Maier’ is being celebrated in Barcelona.
Tom Sponheim, from Seattle, visited Els Encants market during his trip to Barcelona in the summer of 2001. Whilst browsing the stalls, he stumbled across a box of brown envelopes containing a series of negatives. Due to a keen interest in old photography, Sponheim purchased the envelopes for the equivalent of $3.50. Continue reading »
Bewitching Photos Of Late-Night Tokyo That Look Like A Movie
These photos by Masashi Wakui capture the color and mood of late-night Tokyo. As the “witching hour” approaches around 11 or 12 pm, the Tokyo begins to transform. The city sorts itself between those who plan to stay in the city all night and those who must go home. The last train leaves at 12:30 pm, after which Tokyo becomes a lonely island of neon lights and cinematic moments. Continue reading »
Artist Replaces Billboards With Photos Of The Landscapes They’re Blocking
In a cinematic experience animated by driving along Gene Autry Trail, viewers will encounter a series of billboards featuring photographs of the very mountains towards which they are heading. Each photograph is unique to its position along this route and at a certain point as one approaches each billboard, perfect alignment with the horizon will occur thus reconnecting the space that the rectangle of the billboard has interrupted. Continue reading »
Stunning Street Photos Capture Simple Joys Of Life In New York Right After WWII
Born in 1905 and raised in Detroit, American street photographer Todd Webb led an adventurous life. After losing his money in the Stock Market Crash of 1929, he spent time fruitlessly prospecting for gold until returning to his hometown and picking up a camera in 1938. It was there he found his calling. After working as a Navy photographer during WWII, Webb moved to New York City and, in 1946, started documenting post-war New York. Continue reading »
Fashion In Early Photography – Glamorous Photos Show Female Models In Victorian Era
Clothing for women in Victorian era was utterly feminine, and was designed to emphasize the much-admired small waist. Ladies wore as many as seven petticoats under their voluminous skirts, and bodices were high necked, long sleeved, and tightly fitted to the body. Continue reading »
Photographer Andrius Burba Captures Stunning Photos Of Dogs From Underneath
He did it again! Lithuanian photographer Andrius Burba (previously featured) sees animals in a different way – from underneath through a plane of glass! Continue reading »
Amazing Portrait Photos Of Iranian Women From Between The 1920s And ’50s
Parisa Damandan (born 1967) is an Iranian photographer and art historian. She received a degree in photography from the University of Tehran. She is the author of Portrait photographs from Isfahan: Faces in transition, 1920-1950, a book illustrating the history of Isfahan in the early 20th century with portrait photographs, which she collected over a period of ten years; the photographs were hard to find because many photo archives in Isfahan had been burned after the enactment of a 1979 law forbidding depictions of unveiled women.
These amazing photos from her collection that show portraits of Iranian women taken from between the 1920s and 1950s. Continue reading »
Photographer Mike Meyers Captures Melancholic Mood Of Chicago In Dark Photos
Chicago photographer Mike Meyers shot some amazing views of the windy city this winter, capturing unusual ice patterns on Lake Michigan, trains blasting through snow, and skyscrapers swallowed by clouds. Continue reading »
These Beautiful Photos Of Subway Stations Will Transport You From Your Daily Commute
T-Centralen, Stockholm, Sewden
“Honestly, I’m just really obsessed with looking at photos of metros,” says Montreal-based photographer Chris Forsyth. The photography student at Montreal’s Dawson College has been documenting the unique interiors of the Canadian city’s 68 transit stations, which date to the 1960s, for nearly two years. Continue reading »
10 Colorized Historical Photos Of Famous Landmarks Under Construction
THE HOOVER DAM, UNITED STATES c. 1935
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION. COLOR RECONSTRUCTION BY DYNAMICHROME
Jordan Lloyd of Dynamichrome has colorized an incredible series of 130 historical monochrome photos, which were meticulously selected by Retronaut website founder Wolfgang Wild. The collaborative project is entitled, The Paper Time Machine, and the two have launched a crowdfunding campaign to have the project published. Continue reading »
Two Pet Lovers Had Rescue Kittens At Their Wedding And The Photos Are Adorable
Michele Bangsboll and Nick Anderson are veterinarians who wanted their favourite cats to be a part of their big day. The duo invited two very special feline wedding guests named Jeeves and Houdini to witness their beautiful ceremony. Both kittens were rescued from Divine Feline where the couple often volunteered. Continue reading »
